Method of welding.



C. H. BROWN.

METHOD 0F WELDING.. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 191s.

Patented. Apr. 23, 1918.

,4 from/EVS @HABILES HENRY BROWN, 0F EL IE'ASO, TS.

METHOD OF WELDING.

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application filed December .State of Texas, have invented an lmprovement in Methods of Welding, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in methods of welding in inaccessible places,

as, for instance, in motor trucks and the like, wherein the break is in such position that it is not accessible from the inside, and

wherein the outer face of -the frame must.

be straight' and smooth, and the method consists in bending in the brokenends, and welding them together and vin afterward lling in the gutter formed at, the bent in portions iiush with the outer face of 'the frame.

lin the drawings:

Figure l is a side view of a portion of a motor truck frame showing the break. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the rst step of the method.

Fig. Slis a side view showing the completion of the welding.

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections on the lines 4--4 and 5 5, respectivelof Fig. 3.

in repairing a break 1n a broken frame,

the reinforcing or welding must be from the inner side, in order that said weld or reinforcement will not be unsightly, and in ortions of the frame whereV the inner side 1s inaccessible, as, for instance, in Fig. l, wherein a portion of the main frame 1 is shown broken at the spring hanger 2 and at the bracket 3, and the sub-frame prevents access to the inside or channel of the frame to build. up and reinforce in theordinary manner. llurthermore, the outer side must be smooth and straighten its outside surface, and the only manner in which the break could be mended by such building up and reinforcing on the inside would be to dismantle the truck.

In the'present method, however, a portion of e fre on each side of the break l Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented dpr.. 23, any 16,1916. Seria1N0.1a7,sas.

is bent inwardly obliquely, as shown at d, The weld indicated at 5 may now be made on the outside, the species of gutter formed by the bending in of the portions 4 of the A frame being filled with the Welding metal flush with the outer face of the frame. 'lF he space between the broken ends is also filled, as shown more particularly in Fig. 5, and the rivets 6 and 7, which connect the bracket 3 and the hanger 2 to the frame, 4

are passed through the reinforce or Weld of the parts.

lVith this method of repairing, the vibrations of the frame due to 4road work are less likely to affect the weld, inasmuch as the vline of the weld is at an angle to the path of vibrations, while the reinforcement is in adirect line and readily carries or absorbs the vibration. This method also makes the placing and riveting or welding of an additional channel or other reinforcement at the welded point unnecessary as the welded part is stronger than a new one and also it avoids the breaking of the frame at such points as the ends of the reinforcement pieces would stop at, due to excessive rigidity of the frame from the old style of reinforcement.

If desired, the frame may be welded at the break shown in Fig. 1, and afterward driven in and reinforced outside.v Only an ordinary Oxy-acetylene outfit and common hand tools are'necessary to do the work.

'I claim: n

A method lof welding and reinforcing broken'channel frames, which consists in.

4 bendingthe broken ends inwardly toward the channel and abuttn v'them to provide a' f gutter on the outer sur ace of the channel rame, and in welding the ends and in filling the 4gutter with the welding material flush with the faces of the frame.

CHARLES; HENRY BRWN.

Witnesses: y

W. B. Maurin, JOHN S. DUNN.

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